A 34-lesson scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ by Malorie Blackman at GCSE. This scheme of work uses a ‘blended learning’ approach, covering skills for both GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature. It incorporates whole-class reading of the novel, activities on each chapter, non-fiction writing, narrative writing, literary and linguistic devices, punctuation and grammar. It also incorporates interactive and kinaesthetic revision activities. All accompanying resources are available in my TES shop: Wordy Witterings.

Worksheet to accompany chapters 2, 3 and 4 of Boys Don’t Cry by Malorie Blackman. Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Covers: metaphors, literal meanings, minor sentences, simple sentences Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Fully differentiated task for grades 9-1. Students explore the meaning of the novel’s title. Contains links to online articles. Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

This is a list of all the EDUQAS GCSE English Language exam papers from June 2017 to November 2023. It’s presented as a table on which you can track which papers you’ve used with each year group. I keep a print out in my planner and update it throughout the year. It’s also useful for helping you to quickly find the correct paper (or the mark scheme to go with the correct paper). Fully editable Word document.

Boys Don’t Cry - worksheet for chapter 1. Covers: idioms, facts, adjectives, register

This transport word search is designed to increase the vocabulary of KS3 students. It features 50 transport-related words, with common ones such as ‘car’ and ‘road’ to much more difficult ones such as ‘biodiesel’ and ‘autonomous vehicle’. Students are encouraged to use a dictionary or the internet to find out what new vocabulary means. This is a free resource. If you’ve found it useful, please do check out my other resources and leave me a review.

Targets for different GCSE writing grades (component 2). Use these as posters or to stick into exercise books.

Blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapters Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: Adam, before and after the attack Skimming Scanning Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

This is a fun quiz of the school year, 2022-3 which is suitable for Years 7-11. A visually appealling end-of-year final lesson quiz that you can use with each of your classes. Can also be split into rounds to fill a whole week for form times. There are 60 questions in total (plus a tie-breaker), a printable answer sheet, and of course all the answers. You will get both a PDF version and adaptable PowerPoint version of this quiz. Tried and tested on my own classes, this quiz takes 50-55 minutes for teams to complete the quiz and mark each others’ answers. Round 1: In the News (multiple choice; current affairs events from each month of the last school year) Round 2: Song Lyrics (identify the song and artist; all 2022-3 UK chart toppers) Round 3: Films and Television (identify the film from its poster; identify the television show from its cast) Round 4: Social Media (multiple choice; trends, platforms and celebrities) Round 5: Sport (multiple choice; full range of sports from the last year) Round 6: Brands (guess the brand from the ‘zoomed in’ image) I’m trying to build up my tes shop so, if you enjoy this resourcce, I’d be really grateful for your reviews. You can follow my blog at wordywitterings.com

This is a fun activity for KS2 and KS3 pupils to help them practice identifying differerent word classes: nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. In this activity, all of the sentences are about the Marvel superhero world. Pupils read the sentence and decide if the highlighted word is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb. They follow their answers to lead them through the maze. Depending upon ability, this activity should take pupils about 5-10 minutes to complete. It is ideal to be used as a starter, plenary or homework activity. Answers are included. I also have a Disney version of this resource in my TES shop, along with lots of other resources for teaching English. If you’ve found this resource useful, please leave a review.

This is a fun activity for KS2 and KS3 pupils to help them practice identifying differerent word classes: nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. In this activity, all of the sentences are about Disney films. Pupils read the sentence and decide if the highlighted word is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb. They follow their answers to lead them through the maze. Depending upon ability, this activity should take pupils about 5-10 minutes to complete. It is ideal to be used as a starter, plenary or homework activity. Answers are included. I also have a Marvel version of this resource on my TES shop, along with lots of other teaching resources. If you’ve found this resource useful, please leave a review.

This is a no-prep KS2 to KS3 transition lesson, Year 5/6 taster lesson or Year 7 cover lesson. It features an original short story for pupils to read and a short piece of creative writing. There is just one page to photocopy for pupils. The lesson should last 50-60 minutes.

Three blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapter 22. Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content includes: inference, annotating an extract from chapter 22, IEEL paragraphs, Part of my ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ complete GCSE sheme of work, which is all available on my TES shop.

Blended learning worksheets to support the study of ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ at GCSE. These worksheets are for chapters 20 and 21. Suitbable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content includes: antonyms, allusion, character of Josh. Part of my ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ complete scheme of work and resource bundle, which may be found on my TES shop.

Blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapter 37. Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: homophobia short tasks about chapter 37 testing: locating information; inference; language and structure; writing an IEEL paragraph teacher feedback sheet Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Two blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, Chapters 27 and 28. Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: Structural features Malorie Blackman video Writing interview responses as Malorie Blackman Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Four blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapter 31 Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: research task: careers working with children apostrophes for possession features of a report writing a report answer sheet for all tasks Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Three blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapters 32, 33, 34 and 35. Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: addresses form filling (registering Emma at a GP’s surgery) vocbulary-building (childcare) Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Two blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapters 29 and 30. Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: apostrophes for omission contractions synonyms Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Two blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapter 36 Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: literary theory diversity depiction of the LGBTQ+ community in literature applying LGBTQ+ theory (queer theory) to a reading of chapter 36 Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.